Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/01

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Subject: [Leica] Cartier Bresson and the 6 exposures.
From: leicas@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 18:58:30 GMT

In message <199712011018_MC2-2A40-8AAF@compuserve.com> ted grant writes:

> He may have asked people to do something again on occasion, but God I hope
> this wasn't the case in the water jumping photograph, as I'll be very
> disillusioned and disappointed.

The only one that I've heard he re-posed was the photograph of two
prostitutes leaning out of windows - and that was partly because
they felt they should be paid.

> Is there anyone out there who can absolutely confirm he asked this "model"
> to reenact the jump 50 times?

I think we need some better irony detectors out there.

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 Phil Payne